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Livingstone's Missionary Correspondence, 1841-1856
by Livingstone, David & L. Schapera, Ed
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
U. California Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Fine book in VG jacket. Dust jacket has light edgewear, shallow chipping at extremities of spine, price-clipped. Still bright and attractive, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; appears unread. Bound in maroon cloth with bright gilt titles. . This is the first US edition. A handsome copy. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 342 pages. F2 .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32176
- Title
- Livingstone's Missionary Correspondence, 1841-1856
- Author
- Livingstone, David & L. Schapera, Ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Publisher
- U. California Press
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Missionary Africa, Explorer, Letters, Anthropology, Africana
Terms of Sale
Sweet Beagle Books
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About the Seller
Sweet Beagle Books
Biblio member since 2003
Bloomington, Indiana
About Sweet Beagle Books
SWEET BEAGLE BOOKS is strictly an online company (no bricks and mortar) with thousands of classic, collector editions, out-of-print and rare books. Nearly all items we list are in very good to fine condition, with the few exceptions noted in the item descriptions.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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